Open AccessELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ COMPREHENSION OF DATA DISPLAYS
Author(s) -
Timothy Jacobbe,
Robert M. Horton
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
statistics education research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1570-1824
DOI - 10.52041/serj.v9i1.386
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , comprehension , mathematics education , curriculum , reading (process) , psychology , school teachers , computer science , pedagogy , linguistics , programming language , philosophy
This study investigated elementary school teachers’ comprehension of data displays. Assessment, interview, and observation data were analyzed to determine their level of comprehension. Results revealed that the teachers were proficient at “reading the data” and computation types of “reading between the data” questions, but were unsuccessful with questions that assessed higher levels of graphical comprehension. Many of the difficulties exhibited by the teachers appear to be attributable to a lack of exposure to the content. Implications for teacher preparation, professional development, and curricula development are discussed.
First published May 2010 at Statistics Education Research Journal: Archives